Stearic acid is a white, shiny, powdery substance that feels greasy to the touch, and it was the best material used to make candles before the oil was officially used. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It can be produced and processed by oil hydrolysis method, Zhang Wangwei hydrolysis method is too slow, and hydrochloric acid is used to speed up the decomposition of soap.

Because stearic acid does not contain glycerin, the candle made is brighter, there is no oil smoke, and it is much stronger than beeswax and white wax.

After the stearic acid is broken down from the soap, the only thing you need is to prepare a mold for the candle and ice cubes to condense the candle.

Zhang Wang, kneaded a few strands of fine hemp rope into a candle wick, then boiled the stearic acid and carefully poured it into a mold made of plaster in advance.

Putting the plaster mold filled with wax in the ice cube to condense naturally, Zhang Wangcai wiped the sweat from his forehead and showed a smug look to everyone.

"The light of the oil lamp was dim and unclear, and the smell of oil smoke was so bad that I had had enough of it. In the future, with candles, it will be much more convenient to read and write at night. ”

Wang Rao and Douzi, two illiterate people, were expressionless when they heard this. Zhang Hong and Chun Yuyi showed happy looks, if the candle was much brighter than the oil lamp, then it would be much more convenient to read at night in the future.

Zhang Wang waited quietly for a while, and took the cooled candle out of the plaster mold.

When everyone saw this, they all gathered around to see what was going on.

In order to contrast the dimness of the oil lamp, Zhang forgot to make the candle the thickness of an arm's arm, more than a foot long.

Ten catties of lard can produce ten catties of pure soap, and the soap can be decomposed, but only two catties of wax can be produced. Zhang Wang's candle weighs half a catty, and it looks quite terrifying.

Zhang Forget looked up at the sky and found that there was still a long time before the night, so he didn't bother to wait until the evening to experiment, so he directly lit the candle wick with a flint.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were no glass windows, and no one used brittle Caihou paper-pasted windows, and the poor families were covered by wooden planks and straw mats, and the large families used linen and light silk as curtains.

But both poor and large families have one thing in common, that is, even in the daytime, the inside of the house is dark and unclear.

Because it wasn't a cotton wick, Zhang Wang's roasted a little wax before lighting the arm-thick candle there.

White flames rose up, flickering and jumping in front of everyone, illuminating several excited faces with extraordinary distinction.

"Wow! It's so bright! Zhang Forget sighed in admiration, and made his heart intoxicated. Wang Po sells melons, sells herself and boasts, and shouts at herself first.

After the ancient oil lamp was lit, it was often described by the literati as "the light is like a bean", and the flame was the size of a bean, which shows how obscure the light is. The flame of the candle with the thickness of the child's arm is the size of an egg, and the light is much stronger than the oil lamp in the house.

Everyone was shocked and couldn't speak, and they simply admired Zhang Wang's way of making money.

Looking at everyone's adoring looks, Zhang Forget finally showed a relieved smile.

Although he studied and read a lot of ancient books in his previous life, he had long remembered the production process of these ancient civilizations, but he only had theories, and he had not personally practiced them, so he was not very sure in his heart after all.

Now that the soap and candles are successfully made, he is reassured, which means that the scientific and cultural knowledge he learned in his previous life has a chance to come in handy in ancient times.

"Brother, a candle is such a good thing, it must be sold for at least one penny!"

Douzi stared at the candle with shiny eyes, as if staring at a pile of yellow and clear five-baht coins.

"A penny?"

Zhang Forget shook his head disdainfully: "The soap left over from making candles, I will sell it for two or three hundred yuan a catty." This candle is broken down from soap, and if I don't sell it for a regular price, I won't sell it at all. ”

Wang Rao exclaimed when she heard this: "Consistent money! It's so expensive, who would buy it? ”

"That's it, I'm selling it cheaply!"

Zhang Forget was very dissatisfied with their stingy pattern: "The beeswax that the king of Nanyue presented to the Han Emperor is generally used by the emperor himself, and only during the Cold Food Festival will he reward a little bit to those princes and nobles above the marquis." My candle is much stronger than beeswax, shouldn't it be sold for a consistent price? ”

Douzi smacked his tongue again and again: "However, a candle can't be lit for a few days and nights." Spending a thousand dollars for two or three days of lighting, such a ruined thing, even a high-ranking official and nobleman would not do it, right? ”

Zhang Wanghe smiled and said: "Xia insects can't be said to be icy, the extravagance and indulgence of high-ranking officials and nobles, where can the people living in small families and small households imagine?" Princes and generals, dignitaries and nobles, they don't care about money, they only care about face. The candle with the thickness of the child's arm is high-end and high-grade, and after being lit, it is several times brighter than the oil lamp. Other people's homes light candles, but their own homes can only light oil lamps, those rich people who love vanity and like to compare all their lives can't afford to lose such a big face. ”

"A candle is always money?" Sword Master Wang Yue swallowed his saliva, lowered his head and calculated, "Ten catties of grease is thirty or forty yuan, you can get ten catties of soap, ten catties of soap can get two catties of wax, two catties of wax can make four candles, and four candles can be sold for four thousand yuan." The capital of thirty or forty yuan is exchanged for a profit of four thousand yuan...... Oh my God, that's a hundredfold advantage! ”

"Where did you get a hundred times the profit?" Seeing him settling accounts like this, Zhang Forget couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Don't those family members in the nursing home need to eat and drink alkali?" Soda ash is converted into caustic soda, and the hydrated lime you need doesn't have to spend money to buy? Don't you need money to make stone gall for sulfuric acid? Doesn't it cost money to make table salt for hydrochloric acid? Doesn't it cost you money to make saltpeter for ice? Doesn't it cost money to make plaster for molds? This series of complicated processes, every link needs to be manual, don't you know how high my servant's monthly money is? ”

Wang Yue couldn't help wiping the sweat from his head when he heard Zhang Wang's careful analysis, and he decided not to open his mouth again, so as not to expose the fact that he had nothing but martial arts.

Zhang Hong held the candle in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more he loved it, and suddenly he thought of something, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

A candle sells for 1,000 yuan, and if you make 200 candles a day, you can make 6 million dollars a month! At that time, those famous families and dignitaries in Luoyang City, who would watch the Zhang family get rich and be indifferent? Will Emperor Liu Hong resist not getting involved in the secret recipe of candles?

Zhang Wang's foundation is too shallow, and he is rich and steep, but he is afraid that it will be a blessing or a curse!

Zhang Forget understood the sorrow in Zhang Hong's eyebrows, and couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart. His hard work and sincerity were not in vain, and he finally won the heart of this great sage.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Hong suggested to Zhang Wang: "After the candles are made, it is best not to sell them in Luoyang City. Go to Luoyang East City to buy some barbarian slaves, and sell them to Chang'an and Luoyang with the hands of barbarians, in this way, you will not be easily coveted by high-ranking officials and nobles, at least you can cover up the truth for a period of time, so that you will not become the target of public criticism in the short term. ”

Zhang Forget said to him: "Mr. is dedicated to the sake of the students, and the students are inscribed. It's just that this candle is not sold out in large quantities, and it can't solve my goal of collecting 800 million dollars a year.

There is too much money in this world, and a person can't earn it anyway, and the more he wants to take the benefits for himself, the easier it is to be hated and framed by others.

Since I can't avoid giving others a piece of the pie no matter what, why don't I take the initiative to give profits, feed the small group of people at the top of the food chain, and share their interests with them to loot the wealth of the world. ”

Seeing that Zhang Forget understood the principle of equalizing benefits to reduce risks, Zhang Hong smiled slightly and stopped talking.

Wang Yue asked: "The three princes and nine kings, the clan relatives of the Han family, the wealthy family, so many evil wolves, who do you plan to share the interests with?" ”

Zhang Forget pondered for a while and said: "The emperor is twenty percent, the ten permanent servants are one percent, the Taiwei Yang Ci is one percent, the counselor Zhu Jun is one percent, the northern emperor Fu Song is one percent, and I will keep three percent for myself." ”

Wang Yue could understand the distribution of profits to the emperor, the ten permanent attendants, and the Taiwei Yang Ci, but he didn't understand at all why he would share the profits to the counselor and the northern Taishou Yicheng.

The counselor doctor is a petty official from the fourth grade of 600 stones, and the Taishou of the Northland is a county Taishou, and he is of the same level, and there are more than 40 Han people. These two people, no matter how you look at it, are not worth giving away a percentage of profits.

Zhang forgot to see that he couldn't figure it out, opened his mouth to explain, hesitated slightly, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were the two court generals who were the most proficient at fighting in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and their character was also good. It is several times better to befriend them than to befriend those three princes and nine kings who are inactive.

At Zhang Wang's sincere request, Zhang Hong helped him make six contracts, and divided the profits from the sale of candles among the six forces of the emperor, the ten permanent servants, Yang Ci, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, and Zhang Wang.

After dealing with the worries, Zhang Wang, with the help of Zhang Hong, made a reasonable and detailed plan for the development of the road in the near future.

The newly recruited 300 Guardians practiced their skills day and night under the leadership of the martial arts hall martial arts master every day.

The ten domestic servants and ten maids recruited by Huayin County are specially responsible for making soap.

The family members of the servants and maids were responsible for making saltpeter ice and candles.

The core technologies of soap making and candle making, such as making caustic soda, making sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, and making gypsum molds, Zhang Wang was given full authority to Wang Yue's father and daughter and Chun Yuyi to be responsible.

Douzi pouted on the side, very aggrieved, and didn't know why Zhang Forget didn't arrange for her to do things.

Zhang Forget touched her little head lovingly and said, "I have already sent someone to inquire about your parents near the liquor store again, once there is a result, I will send you back and reunite your family." I need to recover from my injuries these days, and I can't go anywhere, so you can follow me to study and reason, once you get home, I will never have a chance to meddle in your life again. ”

Douzi heard the sadness and reluctance in Zhang Wang's tone, and tears flowed out at once.

He has caused Zhang Forget to be miserable many times, but Zhang Forget has never changed his original intention to himself, and loves her as a family member. How can this unconditional doting and unadulterated affection be repaid in this life?